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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

J. H. OAIRNUROSS.

FOLDING BED.

Patented June v, 1887.

(No Model.) v2 Sheets Sh'eet 2.

J. H. GAIRNCROSS. FOLDING BED.

9 Patented June '7, 1887.

PETERS. Phctul lfw raphn Wavhinian. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HENRY OATRNOROSS, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,214, dated June 7, 1887.

Application filed AugustIiO, 1880. Serial No. 212,247. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY CAIRN- CROSS, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, carpenter; declare that my invention relates to that class of Folding or Mantel Beds which are used to increase bed room accommodation or utilize sitting, diuing, or other day rooms for sleeping-apartments, of which the following is a specification.

The construction of my bed is such that the space occupied (folded up) is six feet along and thirteen inches out from the wall against which it is placed, with mantel about four and a half feet high. Opened down, the folding part of the bed projects into the room only its own breadth, and being close to the wall on the inner side it can be used in a room but little larger than itself. It is designed to be covered with drapery, (though it may be paneled when the circumstances make that preferable,) and can be adapted to any style of surroundings, while the cost at which it can be provided brings it within the reach of those with limited honse-room. \Vhile combining the strength and security of a fixed bed, it is set on top of the carpet or floor-cloth without fastening, being secured in place by only one screw in the wall. When this is withdrawn and the studs on the inner top edge of the bed frame slid back, the pieces can be taken apart and removed separately to another room as easily as those of an ordinary bed. The adjustment is such (the rocking arms carrying the whole weight so near the balancing-point) that the bed can be folded up or let down by a child of nine years readily. The head and foot boards serve the purpose, when the bed is folded up, of retaining the clothes in place perfectly, and the bed, having been made before folding up, is all ready for use when let down without further making, and which in all cots and most folding beds is desirable. 7

Having referenceto the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation showing the bed when folded up, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a front elevatiomalso folded up, parts being broken away. Fig; 3 is an end elevation with the bed let down. Fig. 3* is a front elevation with the bed let down. Fig. 4. is a plan view of the connecting spring-rails with clamp-shoes for securing the ends of brackets. Fig. 5 is a side view of one of the brackets. Fig. 6 is a plan viewof the same with the clamp shoes attached thereon. Fig. 6 is a side view of the clamp-shoe. 6 and 6 show right and left plan views of the said clamp-shoes in Fig. 6. Fig. 7 is a back view of the rocking arm. Fig. 8 is a side view of the same. Fig. 9 is a back view of the gudgeon. Fig. 10 is a face view of the same. Fig. 11 is a plan view of one of the studs. Fig. 12 is an edge view of the same. is aside view of one of the toggle or rulejoints. Fig. 14 is a simple bracket.

Similar letters of reference represent corresponding parts in the drawings.

(t represents the mantel-board, which has the lambrequiu b fastened around its frontand ends, and from which the curtain c, which incloses the whole bed, is suspended by rings that slide upon a rod under and inward from its edge, as shown in Fig. 1.

The mantel-board a is carried at its ends on standards a, to which it is secured by dowelpins, and is held to the wall by the bracket g by one screw only, as already noted, and as shown in Fig. 2.

The two standardserest on and arefastened to the brackets h, and are formed at the lower and inner part to allow for the base-board, as in Figs. 1 and 3. An inclined slot, is, is in the standards, in which the studs 7', fastened on the inner and upper edges of the bed-frame (1, rise and fall as the bed is opened down or folded up, respectively, and control the backward and forward motion of the rocking arms g, and cause the bed proper, d, to come close to the wall when let down, as shown in-Fig. 3, prevent it falling outward when being folded up, and clear it of contact with the base-board of the wall during its movement, against which the bed is set up. The brackets h, Fig. 5, on

which the standards rest, have the rocking arms 9 pivoted to them at the forward lower point, and working to and fro astride of the upper or quadrant part, as in Fig. 2. These brackets are provided with projecting ends on the sole-plates, which enter into the clampshoes m, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6, on the ends Fig. 13

of the connecting spring-rails n, as shown in Fig. 4, and are by this means held in their proper relative positions.

The rocking arms 9, already referred to, and shown in detail, Figs. 7 and 8, carry the Weight of the bed proper, d, when folded up, and by the accommodating motion given in opening or closing the bed secure the advantages already referred to in conjunction with studs j and slots k.

The gudgeons Z, Figs/9 and 10, fastened to the bed-frame d and carrying it, rest in and turn on the upper ends of the rocking. arms 9.

The bed proper, (1, (shown in Fig. 2,) is composed of an outer frame, (1 and a wovenor other wire mattress, d, with its frame (7/.

The folding legs f are shown between the inner and outer frames of the bed, as in Fig. 2, and in their position when the bed is up or down in Figs. 1 and 3, respectively; and they may either fall down or can readily be pulled down when the bed is let down for use.

The head-board 0 is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and both head and foot boards in Fig. 3 hinged to frame (2 with the toggle or rule joints 1), which serve to hold them down and retain the clothing and pillows when the bed is folded up, or to hold them up when the bed is in use.

Having thus fully and particularly described the character of my invention, it will be seen that the operating mechanism is equally suitable for the letting down and folding up of an ordinary folding bed where the standards are secured by a wall-fastening.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a sidefolding bed-frame arranged to fold within a cabinet or case, the combination, with the standards e of the case having side slots, 70, therein, of the springrails n and the clamp-shoes m and brackets h, the ar1nsg,pivoted on the brackets, the gudgeons Z on the bed-frame engaging with arms 9, studs j on the bed-frame traveling in slots 7.", and pivoted legs f on the said frame, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the ends or standards e of the mantel or case brackets h, the clamp shoes m, connected therewith, and springrails a, substantially as shown and described.

3. In cabinet or folding beds, the combination, with the cabinet and folding frame, of mechanism for operating the latter, consisting of the rocking arm 9, brackets 11, on which said arms are pivoted, studsj,running in slots k in the uprights, gudgeons Zon the bed-frame, clamp-shoes m, and rails 12., all substantially as shown and described.

JOHN HENRY CAIRNCROSS.

Vitnesses:

WILLIAM GILL,

Donn DAY. 

